News Release Number: STScI-2008-19

May 1, 2008: Riccardo Giacconi, founding director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., will receive the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Inventors Hall of
Fame, Inc. on May 3 at the Hall's headquarters in Akron, Ohio. The annual Lifetime
Achievement Award is given to an individual who has fostered innovation throughout his
or her lifetime. The Hall honors those who have demonstrated an extended commitment
to progress in technical innovation and the protection of that innovation. Each year a new
class of inventors is inducted into the Hall of Fame in recognition of their patented
inventions that make human, social, and economic progress possible.